§ 64.1-16.3. Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment
A. If a husband or wife willfully deserts or abandons his or her spouse and such desertion or abandonment continues until the death of the spouse, the party who deserted the deceased spouse shall be barred of all interest in the estate of the other by intestate succession, elective share, exempt property, family allowance, and homestead allowance.
B. If a parent willfully deserts or abandons his or her minor or incapacitated child and such desertion or abandonment continues until the death of the child, the parent shall be barred of all interest in the estate of the child by intestate succession unless the parent resumes the parental relationship and duties and such parental relationship and duties continue until the death of the child.
(1990, c. 831; 1992, c. 795.)
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